On 12Jun2007 15:05, Reid Rivenburgh <reidr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Hi. I upgraded from Fedora 6 to 7, and now I'm seeing a strange network | interface called __tmp48758425. The computer has two ethernet cards: | | 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet | Controller | 03:02.0 Ethernet controller: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast | Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11) | | I'm only using one (I think the first). Tools like firestarter and | gkrellm see the __tmp interface and report traffic on it, which seems a | little weird. Does anyone know why this is happening, and should I be | concerned? I don't think this was happening with FC6.... | | Current kernel, if it matters: kernel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 I have this happen with my wireless interface (ipw2200) from time to time, and I'm fairly sure it happened under FC6 too. I have a theory, based entirely on conjecture and without a shred of evidence. I think interfaces go through a period of being named __tmp* during the driver load - I'm guessing after being detected, but before the hardware initialisation has completed. The something happens that prevents the final naming from completing. It's very bodgy looking. A reboot is my usual fix (ugh, what a hack!). I have see a handy tool somewhere for renaming interfaces; you could try that. It was called "nameif" or something like that. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Knox's box is a 286. Fox in Socks does hacks and tricks Knox's box is hard to fix. To fix poor Knox's box for kicks. - David Mar <mar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, as quoted by John Mackin <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
